LEGO 2006 / Racers Sets

In 2006 LEGO released 23 Racers sets across 4 subthemes. The largest Racers set from 2006 was 8674 Ferrari F1 Racer 1:8 with a piece count of 1246 and a retail price of $139.99. The current estimated value of all these Racers sets from this year is about $4,464.43 which represents a 650% growth.

The LEGO Racers theme which was introduced in 2001 was the successor of LEGO Race. Since the theme started, most race cars in LEGO System and TECHNIC universe have been released under the LEGO Racers theme. Racers was discontinued in 2012 and it was succeeded by Speed Champions, introduced in 2015.

2006 LEGO Sets

2006 for LEGO was a year of new themes being introduced and a number of well known themes being retired. LEGO in 2006 introduced and discontinued The Avatar: The Last Airbender, introduced the original Batman theme, Exo-Force, Mindstorms NXT, SpongeBob SquarePants, Remote control Trains and Aqua Raiders. However, the following themes were discontinued; Clikits, Vikings. While LEGO Sports was re-introduced in 2006 with a couple Soccer/Football sets.